Tokyo 2020 Olympics Thread

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Homie who ran the second leg in the 4 x 4 won it for them

 

[GNS]

Explain this to me

Man I understand the rules but it's kinda bullshit.
Apparently he kicked dude too hard but his technique and timing was flawless. Most of the power came from dude ducking into the kick

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Man I understand the rules but it's kinda bullshit.
Apparently he kicked dude too hard but his technique and timing was flawless. Most of the power came from dude ducking into the kick

He was handling homie w no problem too... I think dude put the extras on it but even so u don’t take the gold medal away from him for whooping ass in a combat sport

 

[IP360]

Hey...have Nike eaten their fill of crow and apologized to Allyson yet?

 

[Shenco]

They said it was too hard

That's what I'm...yes, they did say that. I agree.

 

[IP360]

I can't front...I'm shocked Japan women's bb made it to the gold medal game. Them women fast af tho. Had U.S. women testing their cardio the last time they played. Lol

 

[Shenco]

US got Jennifer Valente leading the pack going for gold right now on the cycling track

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Just drop everything to Griner and Wilson and let’s go home

 

[The Lonious Monk]

He was handling homie w no problem too... I think dude put the extras on it but even so u don’t take the gold medal away from him for whooping ass in a combat sport

I don't think he put any extra on it at all. Dude got KO'd caused he ducked into the kick. Dude shouldn't have lost the medal. It wasn't an unchecked technique.

 

[Shenco]

Are you good folks unaware of what point sparring is?

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Are you good folks unaware of what point sparring is?

Yes, we know what point sparring is. Head kicks aren't illegal in point sparring. Unnecessarily hard techniques are illegal, but that kick wasn't excessive.

 

[IP360]

Can yall repost that vid?

 

[IP360]

Women's US Basketball...Olympic Dynasty muthafuccas

Sue & Diana wit 5 gold a piece. Geezus.

Dawn Staley....3 gold...S.Caroline Gamecocks stand up!!

A-Dub gettin her 1st gold....S.Caroline Gamecocks stand up!!

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

Sue Bird & Diana Taurusi don’t age at all which is rare for the whites

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Shout out to Alison Felix

The 2012 4 x 100 she was on is still the greatest squad I ve seen

 

[IP360]

Tied China wit 38 gold

 

[IP360]

If Brazil women's volleyball loses this...it'll mainly be because they beat themselves. They just giving the U.S. points.

U.S. been straight owning Brazil

 

[IP360]

That kill shot! GOLD BABY!!!

 

[Shenco]

Yes, we know what point sparring is. Head kicks aren't illegal in point sparring. Unnecessarily hard techniques are illegal, but that kick wasn't excessive.

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That's about it there. It may not have been intentional, but that's what it looked like to the ref. *Shrugs* Those are the rules I'm afraid.

And as someone who's actually gotten warned about that in a point-sparring match...that's all there is to it folks. Sucks, but that's all there is to it.

 

[Shenco]

USA "wins" the Olympics with 39 gold medals to China's 38. That's all folks